Challenging Capitalism Begins in Everyday Lives
The Culture of Meci, the Gift and the Commons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2371070 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Metehan Cömert (0000-0003-3906-7272, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4-5 |
| Pages | 807-824 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/08969205231197660 |
| OpenAlex | W4386988792 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
In the grand tradition of the social sciences, the quest to build a future beyond capitalism is accused of having no basis in reality. Through fieldwork conducted in the Fındıklı district of Rize in Turkey, this study challenges this claim and proposes a distinct perspective to construct an anti-capitalist alternative project based on the long-standing culture of meci, a solidarity-based practice rooted in voluntary participation without any expectation in return. The study first explores how meci has shaped everyday life in a historical context and then shifts its focus to the politically revitalized content of the culture prompted by the electoral success of a leftist political figure in the 2019 local elections. Inspired by the idea of creating cracks in capitalism, the study concludes by exploring whether meci could be understood through the lenses of the gift and the commons - two concepts that hold the potential to challenge the foundational principles of capitalism
Art · Capitalism · Commons · Everyday life · Geography · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Turkey's Politics and Society
Commonwealth
The World of the Gift
Commons against and beyond capitalism
A Politics of the Commons or Commoning the Political? Distinct Possibilities for Post-Capitalist Transformation
Practical Reason
Ethnography
Omnia Sunt Communia
The Gift
Beyond capitalist enclosure, commodification and alienation
Socialism
Social Revolution and the Commons
Toward An Anthropological Theory of Value
Zapatista autonomy and the making of alter-native politics
L'insoutenable ambiguïté du don
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |